Equipping Leaders To Multiply
Leaders are visionaries. They think big, dream big, and plan big. But sometimes the “big” doesn’t happen the way they envision. So they experience a “big” disappointment. I don’t want to imply that big is wrong. No one wants to follow a leader that doesn’t think big. But one of the sides of big we don’t think about is, big results come with a big responsibility. And big responsibility must be stewarded by someone with…Continue Reading
Disappointment hurts. Feelings of sorrow always follow on the heels of unmet expectations. Sometimes there is a GAP between our Dreams and our Realties. And it’s in that GAP we experience disappointment, doubt and sometimes disillusion. We’ve all had to stand in this painful GAP. Your fundraising campaign came in thousands of dollars short of the goal. Your recruitment weekend resulted in no new leaders for your ministry. The new believer you’ve discipled for six…Continue Reading
You haven’t fully made a disciple until your disciple has made a disciple. When we define discipleship as a class one completes or merely an “introduction” to walking with Jesus, we castrate the power of the process Jesus intended us to experience. When you read the gospels and watch Jesus disciple his twelve, the process is powerful, practical, radical, and transformational. So much so that these men were compelled to repeat the process with others.…Continue Reading
Many leaders never reproduce themselves; not because they don’t want to but because they don’t think they can. Fear, anxiety, and lack of experience shape their thinking. Anytime you think you can’t do something, you won’t do it. To become effective at development, we have to understand that it’s a matter of mindset before skill set. You will never grow your skill set until you change your mindset. So how do you do that? 1.…Continue Reading
I used to tell my kids discipline is doing that which you don’t want to do in order to become what you want to become. Getting your children to be disciplined is a hard sell. It’s not just a hard sell for kids it’s a hard sell for adults as well. Solomon says in Proverbs 25:28 “like a city whose walls are broken through is the person who lacks self-control.” I don’t know anyone who…Continue Reading